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no more 98 support

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by So0o0Confused, 2003/06/10.

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    So0o0Confused

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    can someone please give my Microsofts link to the page that tells when MS will disconntinue support for the different OS versions?
     
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    Is this the page you were thinking of?

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    Microsoft Grants 2nd Stay Of Execution To Win98!

    As recently as about two months ago, Microsoft pegged June 30 2003 as
    the shutdown date for Win98 support. The basic plan was that, as of that
    date, two weeks from now, Win98 would no longer be patched, updated, or
    bug-fixed. (See
    http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=8700301 )

    But sometime in the last few weeks, Microsoft quietly extended the date.
    This will affect tens of millions of users worldwide!

    Now, the "'nonsupport" date for Win98 has been rolled back 6 months to
    Jan 16 2004, and the new "end of life" date has been pushed back to Jan
    16 2005.

    This is the second time Microsoft has pushed these dates back, which---
    on the plus side--- suggests MS is being receptive to its customers'
    needs: The company probably was getting tons of negative feedback on
    ceasing support for so enormously popular an OS. On the other hand it
    also suggests that MS may not be seeing the rate of XP upgrades it hoped
    for; and/or may be fearing that users will defect to Linux instead of
    moving to XP. Keeping Win98 alive at least keeps those users in the
    Microsoft fold for now.

    In any case, this buys a little time for those still using Win98. At
    some point, the OS will cease to be supported--- eventually, there won't
    be any more patches, updates, and such--- so if you're still using
    Win98, you still need to make concrete plans for the future. Sooner or
    later, the lights will go out on this venerable OS. But at least there's
    a little more breathing room, now!

    The latest word from MS is in the section titled "Product Life-Cycle
    Road Map" towards the bottom of the page at
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycleconsumer.mspx


    **NOTE** Copied and Pasted from: The LangaList
    Standard Edition
    2003-06-12

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